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NEWSLETTER
www.barbicanassociation.com
October 2014
Building our community IN THIS
ISSUE
CHAIR’S
T
CORNER
he BA wants to encourage
people to plant flowers in
their window boxes – to
help make the place looked
loved and lived in (both of which
it is). To that end, the BA gave away 75 plants
at its stall at the City’s Community Fair in July
in exchange for people making a pledge to
take some personal action to improve air
quality. Bunyan House group, in collaboration
with its neighbouring house groups, is also
hatching a plan to ensure that when the Beech
Gardens work is finally finished (due February
next year) and the new planting done (by the
end of April next year), residents’ balconies
will have a profusion of colour and flowers to
match. I hope that other houses may follow
their lead. The City’s Open Spaces
department seems willing to facilitate
workshops on planting and maintaining the
window boxes and possibly be a source of
cheap plants. In the meantime, there are two
more bulb planting days coming up, when
residents will be invited to help plant spring
bulbs in the Barbican gardens. This is in line
with a general change in policy
to improve sustainability by
planting fewer annuals and
more perennial plants.
Barbican area consultation
I mentioned in the last newsletter the
consultation that was about to open on the
Barbican Area Strategy. It’s been underway
now for some weeks, and if you haven’t
already responded may I encourage to you to
so. (You can read the BA’s response here:
h t t p : / / w w w. b a r b i c a n a s s o c i a t i o n . c o m /
BAresponseSep2014.html).
Although the exhibition about the
consultation hosted by the Arts Centre has
closed, and officially the consultation closed
on 12 September, the website is still being
kept open for comments for another month or
so (http://barbicanarea.co.uk/). This first
phase of the consultation has been asking two
questions: what works well about the area and
what doesn’t. The consultants running the
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Chair’s Corner: Building our
community
Pages 1 & 3
Who’s Who in BA
Page 2
RCC Update: Good news on
heating bills
Page 4
Friends of City Gardens:
Greening the Barbican
Page 5
Singing in the City
Page 5
Barbican Tuesday club
Page 5
Barbican Classical Music
Appreciation Group
Page 5
Security Matters: Be on
guard against credit card
fraudsters
Page 6
Barbican Air Quality Project
Page 6
BA Membership form
Page 7
BA Members’ discounts
Pages 6 & 8
The BA’s stall at the City Community Fair in July gave away 75 plants as part of an effort to encourage residents
to make their balconies bloom, and improve air quality.
Barbican Association NEWSLETTER 1
THE BARBICAN ASSOCIATION
Officers
Chair
Deputy Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Deputy Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Social Secretary
Auditor
Sub Committees
Planning
Licensing
Communications
Barbican Estate Security
Sustainability
Roofs and Access, Public lifts,
and Walkways
Noise and Pollution
St Alphage Group Road traffic adviser Cinemas Group
Jane Smith, 307 Seddon House
Tim Macer, 603 Willoughby House
Robert Barker, 33 Lauderdale Tower
Cliff Paice,142 Cromwell Tower
Tony Swanson 151 Lauderdale Tower
Nigel Dixon 703 Frobisher Crescent
Kai Virtanen, 6 Speed House
Tony Croot, 316 Bunyan Court
Richard Godber, 68 Defoe House.
Garth Leder, 85, Defoe House
Robert Barker, 33 Lauderdale Tower
Angela Starling, 502 Gilbert House
David Bradshaw, 143 Cromwell Tower
Sarah Hudson, 192 Shakespeare Tower
Robert Barker, 33 Lauderdale Tower
Steve Quilter, 49 Andrewes House
Tim Macer,603 Willoughby House Ted Reilly, 192 Shakespeare Tower
Bruce Badger, 338 Ben Jonson House
7628 9132
7628 7107
7588 3694
7628 5228
07736 849425
7256 8429
07765 932501
7638 5215
7638 7998
7588 3694
7638 8201
7638 3005
7628 5377
7588 3694
7496 0562
7628 7107
7628 5377
07726 450183
Elected General Council Members
Randall Anderson, Bruce Badger, Robert Barker, David Bradshaw, Sarah Hudson,
Garth Leder, Tim Macer, David Murray,Jane Smith
House Group Representatives
Andrewes House *
Natalie Robinson
Ben Jonson House * Bruce Badger
Brandon Mews
John Bailey
Breton House
John Whitehead
Bryer Court
John Taysum
Bunyan Court
Gordon Griffiths
Cromwell Tower *
John Tomlinson
Defoe House *
Helen Hudson
Frobisher Crescent * Jenny Addison
Gilbert House *
Gianetta Corley
John Trundle Court * Janet Wells
Lambert Jones Mews Richard Collins
Lauderdale Tower *
Tony Swanson
Mountjoy House *
Gillian Laidlaw
Seddon House *
David Graves
Shakespeare Tower * Pat Spicer
Speed House *
Brian Parkes
Thomas More House* Averil Baldwin
Wallside *
Mary Bonar
Willoughby House*
Helen Kay
* Recognised Tenants Association
Communications Group
Angela Starling
502 Gilbert House
Jane Smith
307 Seddon House
Gillian Laidlaw
309 Mountjoy House
Maggie Urry
13 Lauderdale Tower
Lawrence Williams 5 Brandon Mews
Geoffrey Rivett
173 Shakespeare Tower
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7 Andrewes House
7920 0599
338 Ben Jonson House 07726 450183
8 Brandon Mews
7588 2954
111 Breton House
7628 3887
701 Bryer Court
07768 737131
312 Bunyan Court
7588 2900
133 Cromwell Tower
7628 3657
15 Defoe House
07842 235268
710 Frobisher Crescent
7256 8911
208 Gilbert House
7628 3469
14 John Trundle Court
7628 8602
4 Lambert Jones Mews
7588 0512
151 Lauderdale Tower 07736 849425
309 Mountjoy House
7638 0069
209 Seddon House
7628 4371
272 Shakespeare Tower
7638 9649
21 Speed House
1 Thomas More House
7638 8740
6 Wallside
7588 0191
403 Willoughby House 07922 615573
7638 8201 [email protected]
7628 9132
[email protected]
7638 0069
[email protected]
7588 1955
[email protected]
7588 0898
[email protected]
7786 9617
[email protected]
Building our community CHAIR’S
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process, Publica, have conducted focus
groups, individual interviews, and
followed people around the estate, asking
them about their journeys, as well as
gathering comments through the
exhibition and the website. As of midSeptember, the website had received
about 350 comments, most of them from
residents. The website includes an
interactive map and you can read the
many various comments that people have
left on the map: suggestions range from
reinstating the “no ball games” signs in
Thomas More and Speed gardens to
demolishing the Girls’ School.
I and a few other Barbican Association
members attended a seminar in midSeptember at which the consultants fed
back their findings so far to a group of
people who represented most of the
groups they had consulted: residents,
businesses, city officers, heritage people,
arts people. Most of the seminar was a
presentation of the key issues that had
emerged so far from the consultation.
Publica summarised these by highlighting
issues that many different groups had
mentioned. So, for example, among the
things that people valued about the area
the most mentioned were: quiet,
tranquillity, green spaces, and the cultural
institutions. The most commonly
mentioned impediments were Beech
Street, poor approaches from Barbican
station, poor wayfinding and signage, and
the invisibility of the cultural institutions;
those four were also among the most
commonly mentioned opportunities.
Publica also identified some issues
where there were conflicting views and
part of the seminar was taken up in
discussing whether they could be
reconciled. The contentious ones
included:
Should the public continue to use the
highwalks?
Should the area have more retail
provision?
Would a new ground level north-south
connection through the estate be positive
or negative?
Where should cultural activity be
located?
The next stages are that Publica will
study some further issues in more depth
and summarise the findings by Christmas
and then produce a draft strategy for City
committees to consider in March, with
consultation on those proposals after
Easter next year. The BA will obviously
continue to engage with this process, and
I’d welcome your feedback on issues that
you are concerned about that we may or
may not have covered.
The BA’s bread and butter
There are the usual round of planning
applications. We have been engaged in
pre-application discussions with the
developers of 21 Moorfields and 160
Aldersgate Street, and of course with the
developers of the YMCA. There is an
exhibition about 21 Moorfields due in
early October, while the planning
application for 160 Aldersgate Street is in,
and that for the YMCA building about to
go in. The London Film School is trying to
fix up a meeting about its occupation of
the rest of exhibition hall 1. By the time of
the next newsletter we should know more
about all these developments. We are
also planning another presentation by
Crossrail, possibly in early January, just
before the tunnels come under the estate.
CORNER
One of the concerns about new
buildings is brighter lighting and hence
more light spillage onto nearby homes.
My letter about this problem to the City
prompted a sympathetic reply, but not
much comfort. The City is, however,
willing to include the issue in its advice to
developers
considering
new
developments and willing to produce a
code of practice when funds allow.
Community and social affairs
The Community Fair, held in Guildhall Yard
on a hot sunny Sunday in July, attracted a
reasonable crowd: there was music and
ice cream and stalls and people dressed
up as Romans. The BA’s stand,
handsomely adorned with photos of the
estate, was kept busy most of the time –
thanks mainly to the plants we gave away.
And we gained a few new members.
The community fair was a change from
the usual round of battling away on
planning and licensing applications and
talking to Crossrail. It also highlighted a
general gap in the BA’s activities – a lack
of social activities – and one which I think
we may just have plugged. I’m pleased to
say that we have co-opted Tony Croot in
a new role as the BA’s social secretary.
He has started work on a rather long list
of possible social events, and we hope
that BA will try some of these out over the
coming months. One thing that people
say they value about living in the
Barbican is its sense of community (it
came out again in the Publica feedback),
and we hope this new move will help
contribute to that.
Finally, the BA was pleased to coordinate a present for Eddie Stevens, the
estate director, when he retired in August.
From your contributions we gave him
garden tokens and theatre tokens, and he
asked me to pass on his thanks to all
those who had contributed and sent him
cards and messages.
Plans for the proposed
redevelopment of 21
Moorfields shown to
residents at a public
exhibition this month.
This is an artist’s
impression of the southeastern end of the
development, looking
north up Moorfields.
Jane Smith
[email protected]
Barbican Association NEWSLETTER 3
RCC Update: Good news on heating bills
Underfloor heating
new energy supply contract is now
in place for the next two heating
seasons and the warming news is
that we are not expecting it to have any
noticeable impact on bills. Last year,
EDF Energy signalled it was ending the
Barbican’s unusual 13-hour off-peak
contract after many years, and the new
tariff it offered would have seen the costs
to residents increase sharply.
The City ran an open, competitive
procurement process to find a new
supplier on the energy market using
detailed energy profile data. This
benefited considerably from the
knowledgeable input of residents on the
working party and its wider advisory
group. Ironically, the best deal came from
the very same company, EDF Energy,
though on an entirely different tariff which
we would not have qualified for
previously.
What we actually pay through our
service charge will ultimately depend on
how cold the coming winter is. Last
winter was exceptionally mild. But even if
we need to use more energy this year,
the overall costs should be in line with
what we would have had plus a bit of
inflation. I’ll ensure you get a more
detailed projection in the December
statement from the Estate Office.
Investigative work into improvements
in optimising the system or improving
thermal efficiency has paused while the
Comptroller and City Solicitor evaluate a
position paper put forward by the working
party with respect to the lease, which
limits what changes can be made.
However, the key principle behind the
working party’s proposals is that changes
should be cost neutral, or on opt-in basis,
if cost is involved.
Though the cost of the report is likely to
fall to the service charge account
somewhat unconditionally (there being
no other source to fund it), we anticipate
the charge per flat will be just a few
pounds. This has to be balanced against
the potential for improving the heating
and reducing waste in the long term,
which we understand is what many
residents would like to see, and where
considerable
cost
as
well
as
environmental benefits should surely
follow.
A
TV and Broadband Upgrade
A further delay to the installation of this
TV and Broadband upgrade has
disappointed many residents, frustrated
by the sluggish Internet speeds we
ensure at the Barbican on the fixed wire
network managed by BT Openreach.
Neither has the publicity for this
important upgrade on the estate been as
good as it needs to be, given the number
of people who still seem to be unaware
of it or how it might affect them.
Now, Vision Fibre Media (VFM), the
provider appointed by the CoL to deliver
a TV upgrade and alternative broadband
and telephone services using the
estate’s own cable network, is on the
point of carrying out the first installations
in people’s flats. At the time of writing,
these are scheduled to start in
Shakespeare Tower at the end of
October, followed by all other blocks,
with installers probably finishing their
work in January next year. I hear VFM
will also be stepping up the publicity now,
in association with the BEO.
Everyone gets the TV upgrade free of
charge, but if you want to receive VFM’s
integrated phone and internet service, a
new fibre connection needs to be run to
your flat, and an engineer needs to visit
to do this and fit some equipment. You
will also need to take out a 12-month
contract for one of their services.
Something important to bear in mind is
that free installation of fibre to your flat is
only on offer during the initial installation
period – after which I hear the cost is
likely be around £240 per flat.
To register your interest in receiving the
broadband offer and to take advantage
of the free installation, go to
visionfibremedia.com, click register and
enter the code 1971 when prompted.
Buildings and Contents
insurance
The Buildings insurance provided by our
landlord covers much more than the cost
of rebuilding in the event of a fire or other
major catastrophe. It will also cover
some kinds of damage to the landlord’s
fixtures and fittings, which includes
sanitaryware and built-in kitchens. It will
also cover the cost of redecorating or recarpeting your flat if you were unlucky
enough to suffer a flood from the people
above you.
It does not cover contents, of course,
as that’s the occupier or owner’s
responsibility. The dividing line between
buildings and contents cover is usually
fairly clear. However, some residents
have drawn my attention to some grey
areas recently. Is, for example, a refitted
kitchen or a fancy new bathroom with a
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value substantially higher than the
original, still considered a ‘landlord’s
fixture’? Is some loss adjuster going to
impose a limit on replacement costs? Are
light fittings fixtures or contents? What
about ‘illegal’ wooden floors?
The BEO tell me there hasn’t been a
problem so far in pursuing buildings
insurance claims on behalf of residents
who have suffered damage – and there
are usually a number of claims
successfully processed each year. But
ambiguity is never good in insurance
terms, so I will be working with the BEO
and the City’s in-house insurance
specialists to produce simple guidelines
for residents as to what the buildings
cover provides and what it does not. In
the meantime, if you have specific
questions about the buildings policy as it
affects you, write to or email the Estate
Office on barbican.estate@cityoflondon.
gov.uk or ask your house officer.
Fancy joining a working
party?
We are making the RCC’s working
parties more open and transparent, with
the aim of achieving even wider
involvement from residents. Currently,
the RCC has nine different working
parties. Each of them exists to ensure as
diverse a range of residents’ views as
possible are taken into account either
when implementing changes on the
estate or monitoring the on-going
services provided to residents.
At September’s RCC meeting,
members accepted a set of principles to
make more transparent the activities of
RCC working parties, and how members
are appointed to them. Among the
changes, appointments will now normally
be for no more than three years, after
which the place will be advertised for
other residents to come forward. Also,
vacancies will be identified and
advertised in the run up to the annual
review of all the working parties at the
RCC’s AGM in the spring. If you are
interested in joining a working party, look
out for publicity or speak with your house
officer.
The new guiding principles for RCC
working parties can be viewed in the
September RCC papers. Download them
from this link bit.ly/RCCwpfr and scroll
down to page 66.
Tim Macer
Chair, Residents’ Consultation
Committee
Friends of City Gardens: Greening the Barbican
The design for the new planters on Barbican station’s platform 4. Volunteers are being sought to help
with the planting.
Come and help plant spring bulbs around the Estate
Residents did a great job last year planting
over 8,000 bulbs for spring colour in Thomas
More garden. Our mission this autumn – if we
choose to accept it – is to plant triple that
number – all over the estate! In all 26,000 bulbs
are on order including 10 different species of
snowdrops, narcissi and alliums. The bulbs will
be left to naturalise and should provide a long
period of colour from early spring through to
early summer – and welcome nectar for bees
and other pollinators. The planting sessions on
26th October and 2nd November will run from
10.30 until 13.30. Drop in with friends and
family. Children are especially welcome.
Gloves, tools and refreshments will be
provided but you are welcome to bring cake or
biscuits to share. For more information
please contact Sarah Hudson.
The Barbican
Tuesday Club
Well we are off and running in the
Autumn Stakes starting with the ever
popular Annual General Meeting, where
the existing chairman (June Giles) and
committee (Ann Bradley, Corinne
Littlestone and Pauline Jenkins), plus the
indispensable Treasurer (Tony Croot),
agreed they were happy to continue for
another year.
It was decided the Autumn outing
would be to Ham House on the 30th
September as it was felt a country house
would be warmer than the usual trip to
the seaside. Unless their heating doesn't
go on until 1st October of course.
The programme of speakers is under
way, the first talk being on how City and
London people coped with World War I.
PC Christine Phillips has specially asked
us to support the meeting on credit card
scams on 14th October – it will be
interesting to visit Wood Street Police
Station.
Reminder: we meet most Tuesday
aftenoons 2.45 to 4.00pm in the Lilac
Room, 02 level of Seddon House. For
more information give June a ring on
020 7588 1623 when she will be very
happy to hear from you.
June Giles
Barbican Station – garden
approaching on Platform 4
Watch out for the City's newest garden
shortly to be arriving on Platform 4. Friends
of City Gardens now have the green light
and a team of TFL engineers will be
building the planters in an overnight
construction session. Gensler, the
international architecture practice, has
created a great design that will stretch
down the entire 100 meters of the platform.
Funding for the planting is coming from
local businesses – so FoCG will be
organising volunteer planting sessions
soon. Many Barbican residents are already
signed up to help but if you would like to
join the team please contact Sarah Hudson
at [email protected]
Barbican Classical Music
Appreciation Group
Informal, friendly group, meets at
7.30pm on the last Thursday in the
month in the Lilac Room, to listen to and
discuss the works of famous classical
composers. Sessions are led by an
experienced musician, and charged at
£5.00/session.
Contact Diana Morgan Gray
[email protected]
or 020 7638 4674.
Singing in the City
It’s October. The nights are drawing in.
What can we do to lift our spirits? Sing!
This could be the motto of Singing in the
City, a community choir which rehearses
every Wednesday (6pm to 8pm) at St
Botolph’s-without-Aldersgate, almost within
earshot of the Barbican.
Singing in the City is open to anyone who
likes to sing, whether experienced singer or
complete beginner. There are no auditions and
no sheet music. Each term we learn (by ear)
songs from around the world in 3- or 4-part
harmonies. Led by our musical director,
Charlotte Woodford, we aim to create a beautiful
sound, in an atmosphere of friendship and fun.
All are welcome to our end-of-term concert
on Wednesday, 10 December at The Gresham
Centre, St Anne and St Agnes Church,
Gresham Street, EC2V 7BX. (Don’t go to St
The Singing in the City choir performing at
their July concert. Come to their next concert on
December 10th
Botolph’s.) Doors open 7.10pm. The concert
starts at 7.30pm and will last about an hour.
Admission is free; donations to our chosen
charity are optional. The concert programme
will have a seasonal theme; including familiar,
festive songs in English, as well as more
unusual pieces in other languages. There’ll be
opportunities for audience participation too!
And refreshments will be available.
For more information on the choir, go to:
www.singinginthecity.co.uk call: 07828
413484 or email: singinginthecity@gmail. com
Joining is easy and your first session is free.
Autumn term is already under way, but we
look forward to welcoming new members in
January 2015. Spring term starts 14 January.
Barbican Association NEWSLETTER 5
SECURITY MATTERS
Be on guard against credit card fraudsters
took particular note of a warning issued
recently by the City of London Police
concerning a spate of scams where
fraudsters have been posing as Police
Officers. I decided to restate the warning
here to both serve as a reminder for those
who, like me, have seen the notices as well
as generating greater coverage for those
residents who perhaps may not have seen the
warnings.
The scam concerns bank cards and bank
accounts generally. Detective Chief Inspector
John Osibote of the City of London Police
said “This is a particularly unpleasant scam
which exploits the trust of victims. Fraudsters
can be extremely persuasive – do not be
fooled” pleads Osibote. “Your bank or the
police will never call you to request your bank
card or ask you to transfer money to another
account. Anyone attempting to do so is a
fraudster. If someone on the phone asks for it,
hang up immediately. If you believe you have
had one of these calls or know someone who
has, contact your bank straight away”.
Officers are advising the public, particularly
the elderly and vulnerable, to be aware of the
following:• Police Officers and bank employees will
never ask for your PIN or bank card
• Never disclose your PIN or give your bank
I
card to anyone
• If you are contacted by someone who asks
for these, hang up
• Use a different line to report the call to
police on 101 or allow at least five minutes for
the line to automatically clear
• Call 999 if the crime is in action
David Bradshaw C.C.
Chairman, Barbican Estate Security
Committee
Barbican Air Quality Project
t's hard to believe, but Barbican residents
have been working on the Air Quality
project for 11 months. Data collection is
coming to an end on 14 October when the
NO2 diffusion tubes will be collected for the
last time. It's not the end of the project
though. The map of our data will be updated
with the final results (If you search for
Barbican Air Quality on the web you will go
straight to the map).
We need to decide how we can share
information with local businesses and work
jointly to improve our air quality. We have
seen how the temporary closure of the Beech
Street tunnel had a dramatic effect on NO2
levels this summer. Should this be a
permanent solution? The City is planning a
reception in January where the results of the
I
Useful contact numbers
Barbican Police Office 020 7601 2456
Snowhill Police Station – Front Desk
020 7601 2406
General COLP switchboard
(skateboarding)
020 7601 2222
Emergencies (landline)
999
Emergencies (mobile)
112
Anti-Terrorist Hotline
0800 789 321
project will be presented to the residents who
have been involved in the project and where
there will be the opportunity to have our say
on what should be done next.
Sarah Hudson can be contacted at:
[email protected]
Nitrogen dioxide monitors have been recording
air quality at these locations for the last 12
months.
BARBICAN ASSOCIATION DISCOUNT SCHEME
The Barbican Association has negotiated the following discounts with the suppliers below. You may need to present your BA Membership Card to take advantage
of these. The scheme members offer discounts or incentives to Barbican Association members to buy their products or utilise their services and are publicised
in each issue of Barbican Life Magazine, on the www.barbicanlife.com website and in the Barbican Association’s quarterly newsletter for so doing. Contact
Lawrence Williams on 020 7588 0898 – or by email at [email protected] – for further information.
CURRENT SCHEME MEMBERS
RESTAURANTS/BAR RESTAURANTS/BARS
Artillery Arms: 15% discount on food and drink on
presentation of BA membership card. The Artillery
Arms is at 102 Bunhill Row, EC1Y 8ND. Telephone
020 7253 4683 for table bookings. Website
www.artillery-arms.co.uk
Barbican Tandoori
10% off food on presentation of Barbican
A ssociation membership card. Eat-in or take away.
Delivery service available within the Barbican estate.
55 Aldersgate Street. Tel: 7600 4747 or 7796 4499
Cafe Below
Crypt of St Mary le Bow church, Cheapside. 5% off
your evening meal at C afé Below on presentation
of a Barbican A ssociation membership card. Open
Monday – Friday serving suppers from 5.30pm –
10pm. Menu changes daily and can be viewed on
our website. “Food this good and at this price is
rarer than mermaids’ kneecaps!” View London.
www.cafebelow.co.uk. 020 7329 0789
Chiswell Street Dining Rooms
20% off total food bill in the evenings Mondays to
Fridays. To take advantage of the offer please bring
proof of membership. Not applicable with any
other offer. To view menu or to reserve a table
visit the website www.chiswellstreetdining.com
Coq d'Argent
A complimentary glass of C hampagne when
ordering from the a la carte menu (up to 6 pax,
not to be used in conjunction with any other
offers). To redeem, Barbican Life members will
need to mention 'Barbican Life' when making their
booking or present their membership card on
arrival. Coq d'Argent, No 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EJ
Tel: 020 7395 5000.
Fish Central
Bustling neighbourhood seafood restaurant serving
the well known as well as the more exotic varieties
of the freshest fish. 10% off the total bill –
restaurant only. 149-155 Central Street, King
Square, London, EC1V 8AP. Tel: 0207 2534 970
The Jugged Hare
New British Gastro Pub with open kitchen and
separate private events space on the corner of
Chiswell Street and Silk Street. 20% off the total
food bill Monday - Friday dinner and all day on
Saturdays and Sundays. 49 Chiswell Street. London
EC1Y 4SA. www.thejuggedhare.com
L’atelier des ChefsLove cooking! Join us in our cookery school for a
truly unique cook and dine experience! We offer a
fantastic selection of hands-on, interactive cooking
classes in London, ranging from 30 minutes up to 4
hours. Open Monday –Saturdays, upcoming classes
can be viewed on our website www.atelierdeschefs.
co.uk. Barbican association members can get 10%
off our classes and in our cookware shop. 10 Foster
Lane EC2V 6HR, 0207 796 0110.
London Wall Bar and Kitchen
Museum of London – podium level: A
complimentary glass of Prosecco with a main
course order. Residents will need to show their BA
C ard to redeem the offer, one glass per main
course ordered, normal licensing laws apply, not
valid with any other offer. For reservations call:
020-7600 7340.
Moshi Moshi
Moshi Moshi is a calm, discreet place serving
authentic Japanese sushi and izakaya-style dishes. It
offers all Barbican Association Members a 10%
discount on their total bill on presentation of the
BA Membership card. Liverpool Street, Unit 24,
Liverpool Street Station, London EC2M 7QH
(above platform 1, behind M&S). Tel / Fax: 020
7247 3227
Neo
14-17 Carthusian Street, Tel: 0207 726 8925:
Special pizza and drink offer for BA members - any
Pizza and a glass of house wine or soft drink for
£9.95. Neo’s pizza dough is made fresh every
morning and only quality fresh toppings are used.
Special offer applies from Saturday through to
W ednesday.
Pho - Vietnamese Cafe/Restaurant
10% discount at all times. 86 St John Street, EC1M
4EH. Tel: 020 7253 7624. Email:
[email protected]. Pho is open Monday to Friday
from late morning to late evening and on Saturday
evenings.
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THE RECOGNISED ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF
BARBICAN RESIDENTS
2014 MEMBERSHIP FORM
Barbican Address
Member type:
Leaseholder / Corporation Tenant
/ Sub-tenant
(please delete as appropriate)
Mailing Address
Names
1
2
3
4
Telephone Nos
Fax
E Mail
Membership fee £7 if paying by cheque OR £5 if paying by STANDING ORDER: For addresses outside the Barbican add £3 for UK,
£6 for Europe, £9 for rest of world to cover postage.
Membership cards: Membership cards are printed in batches either monthly or bi-monthly depending on the print run required
We would prefer you to pay by standing order. It saves our volunteers much time. Please complete the attached form. Alternatively send a cheque
payable to ‘Barbican Association’ with your address on the back.
Please return this form to
Roger Howorth, Assistant Membership Secretary, 63 Thomas More House, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BT. E mail: [email protected] The Barbican Association keeps a database of the names, addresses, telephone numbers and e mail addresses of Association Members. Information from the database is used by our General
Council and Affiliated House Groups for maintaining and increasing membership, distributing our publications, managing and reporting on our finances and accounts, and carrying out other
objects of the Association. We also disclose information about our membership to the Corporation of London (including the Barbican Estate Office) in order to maintain their recognition of the
Association. By becoming a member of the Association, you consent to the use of your information for these purposes.
STANDING ORDER
To
Bank
Branch Address
Branch
Bank
Lloyds Bank
For the credit of:
Benificiary’s Name
Barbican Association
Commencing
Date of first payment
Branch Title
Sorting Code Number
30-91-79
Account Number *
27933660
Quoting Reference
Amount of first payment
if different
Amount in figures Amount in words
Due date and frequency
£
£
1 January annually
Date of last payment
Until further notice in writing or
and debit my/our account annually
Name of account to be debited
Sort Code
This replaces my/our previous standing order for the transfer of
£
Name(s)
Account Number
to the same account (cross out if not applicable)
Signature
BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE
Address
Postcode
Signature
Date
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BARBICAN ASSOCIATION DISCOUNT SCHEME
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Smithfield Tandoori (now at new location).
A traditional Indian restaurant which delivers
consistent, always fresh, quality favourites as we
have done for over 10 years in the Farringdon area.
Barbican A ssociation members may receive 10% off
their total bill. 12 Smithfield Street, London EC1A
9LA. Telephone: 020 7248 4000. Website:
www.smithfieldtandoori.co.uk
Vecchio Parioli
Friendly Italian restaurant at the corner of
Aldersgate Street and Carthusian street offers
Barbican A ssociation members a 10% discount on
production of their membership card. 129 Aldersgate
Street, EC1A 4JQ. Tel: 0207 253 3240.
Vino & Vino
Italian wine bar – wine shop – lunch – aperitivo.
FREE Italian tapas with your wine from 5 pm. 15%
off food on presentation of Barbican A ssociation
membership card. Open Monday-Friday, 10 am to
9pm. Over 60 carefully selected Italian wine labels
to choose from, ham and cheese platters, large
bruschettas and salads served daily.
www.vinoandvino.co.uk. 16 West Smithfield,
EC1A 9HY.
Wood Street Bar and Restaurant
Mon to W ed 10% off total bill when sitting down
to dine. Maximum of 6 people in a party. The
Barbican A ssociation card discount must be
mentioned either when booking or when ordering
to take advantage. Barbican Association
membership card should also be shown to person
taking order. Wood Street Bar and Restaurant,
Cnr. Wood Street and Fore Street, Barbican,
London EC2Y 5EJ. Tel 020 7256 6990.
SERVICES
Abracadabra Services
5% discount off regular weekly, fortnightly or
monthly cleaning prices and a 10% discount off
prices for one-off Spring and end of tenancy cleans.
Contact Abracadabra Services Ltd., 10 Glasshouse
Yard, Barbican, London EC1A 4JN or call Allan Lee
on 020 7336 7686. Fax: 020 7336 7687. Email:
[email protected] . Website:
www.abraserve.co.uk
Certax Accounting (EC London)
5% off the first years Tax & A ccounting services if
you are looking to change accountants. Aimed at
individuals, companies, contractors & landlords.
Contact Marie on 07903 585959. 81 Rivington St.,
Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY.
www.certaxaccountingeclondon.co.uk
Mail Boxes Etc, Barbican
10% discount to BA members on any Fedex
International Priority or UPS Express shipment.
Members should show their BA membership cards
and discount will be applied at time of purchase on
the current Fedex or UPS retail price. Not valid
with any other offer and only available at Mail
Boxes Etc, Barbican. We are open from 8.30am to
6.30pm Monday - Friday. 128 Aldersgate Street,
London, EC1A 4AE. Tel: 0203 3261116,
email: [email protected]"
Prince of Wales Dry Cleaners
Service includes, dry cleaning, laundry service, linen
service. We also clean leather and suede, and do
alterations and repairs. We also provide shoe
repairs. Free pick up and delivery service. Special
offer laundering 5 shirts for £7.50. O ffering 10%
discount on first orders and any bulk orders.
RE:tailoring
We are an local tailoring service offering both
Bespoke and Made-to-Measure suits and quality
alterations to all types of garments. W e are happy
to offer 10% discount on all items for Barbican
A ssociation members. RE:tailoring, 12 East Passage,
London. EC1A 7LP. Tel: 020 7600 4600. Opening
Hours 9:30 to 6:00 Monday to Friday, Saturdays by
appointment
Ryness Lighting & Electrical For all your lighting and electrical needs. Visit our
shop on South Place, 5 mins from Barbican. 15%
discount offered to Barbican A ssociation members
on all items except those on sale and on special
promotion. 16 South Place, Moorgate, EC2M
2AQ. Tel: 020 3657 9160 Opening times : Mon-Fri
8am - 7pm , Sat 9am - 5pm
Urban Locker Self Storage
Your stuff, close by at Paterson Court, Peerless
Street, London EC1V 9EX. Tel: 020 3637 0850.
Catering for all your storage needs. Business and
Domestic, Safe and Secure 10% Discount on any
solution when presented with the BA membership card
FURNISHING
Alma Home
10% discount on furnishings. View at showroom at
8 Vigo Street, London W1S 3HN, or in Selfridges.
See also website www.almahome.co.uk. Contact
Tisha Richbell on 020 7377 0762 or by email:
[email protected] for further details.
Ligne Roset City
Contemporary furnishings. 10% discount available
to Barbican A ssociation members, but not available
in conjunction with any other discount. See
website: www.ligne-roset-city.co.uk for furniture
details. 37-39 Commercial Road, London E1 1LF.
Tel: 0207 426 9670
MILK Concept Boutique
Small furnishings, contemporary hand-crafted
lighting, collectable porcelain, fragrances, travel
accessories and exclusive fashion labels can all be
found relaxing in comfort amid the whitewash
Victoriana and petite elegance of The Clerk’s
House, beside Shoreditch church. BA Members
offered discounts of 5% to 10% on all goods except
Fornasetti. 118 1/2 Shoreditch High Street, London
E1 6JN, Tel/Fax 0207 7299880
MyDreamKitchen
5% discount. Contact Spiro Nicholas,
MyDreamKitchen, 708 Lea Bridge Road, London
E10 6AW. Freephone 0800 018 5654. Email:
[email protected] Web:
www.mydreamkitchen.co.uk
HEALTH AND BEAUTY
Barbican Acupuncture
10% discount off all prices listed on website to
anyone presenting their BA card. 1 Wallside,
Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BH. Tel: 020 7638 4322.
Email: Gary@ BarbicanAcupuncture.com Website:
www.BarbicanAcupuncture.com
Barbican Dental Care
10% off normal fees; 25% off customised home
whitening; 30% off combined “thermal diffusion “
and customised home whitening Amanda Lenihan,
Barbican Dental Care, Lower Ground Floor, 2
Copthall Avenue, London EC2R 7DA. Tel: 020
7256 2477. Website: www.barbicandentalcare.com
Barbican Dental Practice
10% discount on procedures for BA members on
production of their Membership C ard. (5%
discount for all Barbican residents). 1 Wallside,
Barbican. Phone: 020 7638 8200 for appointment.
www.barbicandentis.co.uk
Bodymotion Chiropractic Clinic
15% discount on presentation of Barbican
A ssociation membership card. No. 1 Wallside,
Barbican. Phone 020 7374 2272 for appointment.
www.body-motion.co.uk
Cissors Palace
Hair, nails and beauty salon in the Barbican. 10% off
on all hair and beauty treatments (minimum spend
£20). Please quote Barbican Life to claim discount.
1, Lauderdale Tower, Barbican. Phone 020 7588
0051 for information or to book an appointment.
City Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy and Jungian analysis for adults by
UKCP accredited psychotherapist. 10% discount on
initial consultation for BA members. Consulting
room 2 mins from Barbican tube station. To
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arrange an appointment please call Catherine Cox
on 020 7796 3454 or email
[email protected] . For further
information please visit www.citypsychotherapy.org
Clear Coaching and Training
Moving you from where you are now to where
you want to be.
Moving you from where you are now to where
you want to be. 1-2-1 coaching in the City with
accredited Coach, NLP Practitioner and DISC
assessor. 10% discount on Coaching Sessions for
Barbican Residents. Contact Michele 020 7628
0887 / 07939 047 094 E-mail: michele@
clearcoachingandtraining.com
www.clearcoachingandtraining.com
Health in the City
Formerly the Feelgood Centre and now moved to
Room 57, 65 London Wall, EC2M 5TU, is offering
Barbican A ssociation members a 10% discount on a
wide range of Therapies and Treatments which are
available from specialist practicioners. For a full
listing please check the website:
www.feelgoodcentre.com. For booking or further
information call 07946 084 848
or email [email protected].
Web: www.healthinthecity.co.uk
Insight London
Counselling and Psychotherapy 20% discount on
the initial consultation for BA members. Fees for
ongoing sessions are negotiable according to
individual circumstances. Individual, couple and
family sessions with a Chartered Clinical
Psychologist. Consulting rooms in Golders Green,
close to the Underground, 25 minutes from
Moorgate. On-street parking is available. Website:
www.insightlondon.co.uk . To arrange an
appointment contact Marc Hekster 07775 629 432
or email. [email protected]
No74 Hair & Beauty London
No 74 is delighted to give a introductory 30%
discount for the first visit on a single service for all
BA Members. Discount 30% off for the first visit,
permanent discount 10% off on all hair and beauty
services incl. YO N-KA massage and facials,
Sebastian, W ella & O PI treatments @ No74, 74
Compton Street, EC1V 0BN. www.no-74.co.uk ,
[email protected] , Tel. 020 74 908555, BA card
required
Psychotherapy City
10% discount on first four psychotherapy,
counselling or coaching sessions to BA members
on production of their membership card (5% to all
Barbican residents). Practice at London Bridge.
Contact: Amanda Falkson. Phone: 0777 557 0208.
Email: [email protected] . Web:
www.psychotherapycity.co.uk
Registered Osteopath- Lucy Bracken
25% discount on the first three appointments 10%
discount thereafter to all BA members. Based five
minute walk north of the Barbican. Drakes Gym, 1
Pardon Street, EC1Y.Call Lucy on 07712 647 282.
or email [email protected]
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